I got my first Z. The parts are starting to roll in, 2013 will be the year of the mods

2012 has been one of the best years of my life, i was able to get my dream car (i wanted a Z since i was 7 years old) with all the mods i wanted, ordered her right after Nissan headquarters in Tochigi Japan was hit by the tsunami, waited patiently for Nissan to start production on my order, couldn't be happier!:happydance:

Z wise:

Getting wheels from ISS Forged, first time spending that much for quality wheels and they have really set my car apart

Un-Z related:

Watching my son grow up who is now 12 months old. I spent 5 months home with him on paid parental leave, not many dads get to do that.

Sorry to hear about the 924! I use own one (now owner of a 951) and couldn't even imagine coming home to this. :eek:

most memorable with my Z...hummmmmm... i bought new nismo wheels back earlier this summer with new yok's. that's about it.

I'll say it's your come back to the forum after a "sabbatical". :icon17:



For myself... quite a bit for the Z in 2012...

1) New HU
2) K&N Short Ram
3) New Vossen
4) Spoiler
5) MOMO Shift knob
6) Dealer replace the soft-top
7) ARK CBE
8) Another set of Vossen
9) GT-R Start button (gift)
10) Hood Struts (not installed)
11) Stainless steel brake line (Not installed)

more coming in 2013... but it's a thread about 2012 so I won't say anything in here... LOL :icon17:

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The best moment of this year with my Z was going ZDayZ 2012. Got for the Z 20mm V1 spacers all around and Matte Black Vinyl roof top.

Got my M.A.S. and new job.

Other than that half of this year has been a crappy one for me. Hope 2013 is better.

Mr Kenchan, what will you with the Nismo wheels? Just a nice 2nd set?

Good year for me as it was year I started modding the Z :)

Five months paid parental LOA? Is that Canadian law? Who pays? These types of things intrigue me.

You wanna sell them to me hehe lol :tup:

Yup

So basically:

-There is 18 weeks of Maternal leave that only the mother can take
-There are 5 weeks of Paternal leave that only the father can take
-The remaining 32 weeks can be taken by either parent

Usually the mother takes the whole year but in our case my wife got a crazy promotion to run the company so she went back after only 5 months and I took 5 months...could have taken more but went back to work early once we got him in daycare.

The first 18 weeks for the woman is at 75% of your salary, same for the man, then it goes down to 55% for the remaining 24 weeks or something like that...there is a cap of 65K, so if you made like 250K a year...you max out at 65K (not 130)

Its also more specific to Quebec, the rest of Canada doesn't work exactly the same...I think they might get 9 months officially...

2012, Interesting year

-- hail damage, which resulted in the hood being repainted which it needed, all dents are gont
-- getting nissan to replace the front bumper, for the dealer did not ask about not drilling the license plate bracket in.
-- added a siebon carbon nimso type wing
-- clear bra put on hood/fenders/front bumper
-- replaced front and rear sway bars, with nimso sway bars


Other than that enjoyed driving the Z and autocrossing it...

In regards to the Z we supported some events and gave away a set of wheels to ZdayZ at the Tail of the Dragon.

Happy New Year everyone!

2013 is gonna be my Z year...But as far as bizarre goes for 2012, my most memorable moment had to be jumping off a 60ft cliff into a waterfall pool over the summer.